IHB File No. S1/0415
CIRCULAR LETTER 45/2016
20 September 2016
APPROVAL OF EDITION 8.0.0 OF IHO PUBLICATION M-7 -
STAFF REGULATIONS OF THE IHO
Reference: IHO Circular Letter 26/2016 dated 03 June - Call for Approval of a new edition of the
Staff Regulations of the IHO
Dear Hydrographer,
1. The referenced Circular Letter proposed the adoption of a new edition of the Staff Regulations
of the IHO. The Directing Committee would like to thank the following 58 Member States that
replied to the Circular Letter: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil,
Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France,
Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia,
Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian
Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, and Uruguay.
2. All the votes were positive, except one: Brunei Darussalam indicated that it could not approve
the new text because as a new member of the IHO it did not have sufficient knowledge of the
operation of the Secretariat. One Member State (Brazil) provided comments which are addressed in
Annex A.
3. There are currently 85 Member States of the IHO with three States suspended. Therefore, the
majority required for adoption of the revised edition is 55. As a result, edition 8.0.0 of IHO
Publication M-7 - Staff Regulations of the IHO has been adopted and will enter into force on 1 January
2017. The new edition will be posted on the IHO website at Home > Standards & Publications >
Download as soon as possible.
On behalf of the Directing Committee
Yours sincerely,
Robert WARD
President
Annex A: Member States’ responses to IHO CL 26/2016 and comments from the Directing
Committee
Annex A to IHO CL 45/2016
MEMBER STATES’ RESPONSES TO IHO CL 26/2016 AND COMMENTS FROM
THE DIRECTING COMMITTEE
APPROVAL OF EDITION 8.0.0 OF
IHO PUBLICATION M-7 - STAFF REGULATIONS OF THE IHO
BRAZIL
Vote = YES
1 - Regarding to the Item 6) of the Executive Summary of the Summary Report it is
not clear if the proposed amendments bring any benefit to the STAFF.
Comment from the Directing Committee:
The proposed amendments were prepared in accordance with the instructions of the 5th Extraordinary
International Conference. As indicated in the Executive Summary, the instructions were “to show
separately and clearly the differences between internationally recruited staff and locally recruited
staff thereby making it clear that internationally recruited staff are aligned with the UN Common
System and locally recruited staff are aligned with the Monaco Civil Service”.
2 - Regarding to the Item 7) of the Executive Summary of the Summary Report it is
not clear what does "little or no impact on the budget" mean in terms of percentage
of the overall IHO Budget.
Comment from the Directing Committee:
The budgetary impact of the proposed changes is detailed in paragraphs 126 to 139 of the Summary
Report. The affordability is addressed in paragraphs 8 to 11 of the Executive Summary of the
Summary Report.
Signe Paevere
From: CL-LC <
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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 4:13 PM
To: 'Argentina'; 'Aus'; 'Bahrain'; 'Bang'; 'Belg'; 'Brazil'; 'Brunei'; 'Canada'; 'Chile'; 'China';
'Croatia'; 'Cuba'; 'Cyp'; 'Den'; 'DomRep'; 'DPRK'; 'Egypt-ENHD'; VA_hnt; 'Fiji';
'Finland'; 'France'; 'Georgia'; 'Ger'; 'Greece'; 'Guat'; 'Iceland'; 'India'; 'Indonesia'; Iran;
'Ireland'; 'Italy'; 'Jamaica'; 'Japan'; 'Korea'; 'Kuw'; 'Latvia'; 'Malays'; 'Mauritius';
'Montenegro'; 'Mozambique'; Myanmar; 'Nether'; 'Nigeria'; 'Norway'; 'NZ'; 'Oman';
'Pak'; 'Philip'; 'PNG'; 'Poland'; 'Port'; 'Qatar'; 'Rom'; 'Russia'; 'S Africa'; 'SA'; 'Sing';
'Slo'; 'Suriname'; 'Sweden'; 'Syria'; 'Thailand'; 'Tonga'; 'TT'; 'Turk'; 'UK'; 'Ukraine';
'Urug'; 'USNOAA'; 'Ven'; 'Vietnam'
Cc: 'Argentina'; 'Australia'; 'Bahrain'; 'Banglasedh2'; Belgium; 'Belgium'; 'Belgium';
'Belgium'; 'Belgium'; 'Belgium'; 'Brazil'; 'Brunei'; 'Canada'; 'Chile'; 'China'; 'Croatia';
'Croatia'; 'Cuba'; 'Denmark'; 'Denmark'; 'DPRK'; Tõnis Siilanarusk; 'Fiji'; 'France';
'Germany'; 'Germany'; 'Greece'; Guatemala; 'Iceland'; 'India'; 'India'; 'Iran'; 'Ireland';
'Italy'; 'Malaysia'; 'Mauritius'; 'Mauritius'; 'Mozambique'; 'Mozambique'; 'Philip';
'Philip2'; 'Philip3'; 'Portugal'; 'Portugal'; 'SaudiArabia'; 'Slovenia'; 'SriLanka';
'Suriname'; 'Suriname'; 'Sweden'; 'Thailand'; 'Thailand'; 'Tonga'; 'Trinidad'; 'Tunisia';
'Tunisia'; 'UAE'; 'Ukraine'; USANOAA; 'USNOAA'; 'USNOAA'; 'USNOAA'; 'Vietnam';
'Vietnam2'; 'Vietnam3'; 'Vietnam3'; 'Astrid.Kalvik'; 'C Andreasen'; 'ECC';
'eva.hegland'; 'hs-varna'; 'ilda.becirovic'; 'info'; 'J Lowell NGA'; 'J Rogers NGA';
'jacek.jagodzinski'; 'K Alexander NGA'; 'Minika Bjorge'; 'P Doherty NGA';
'solvi.tunge'; 'stig.osaland'; 'svein.skjaeveland'; 'tonje.mevatne'; 'tore.halset'
Subject: CL 45/2016
Attachments: CL45-16.docx
Dear Hydrographer,
Please find attached herewith :
CL 45/2016 : APPROVAL OF EDITION 8.0.0 OF IHO PUBLICATION M-7 -
STAFF REGULATIONS OF THE IHO
Yours sincerely,
IHB
M.MOLLET
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